11-12-26
THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM’S COMPUTER NETWORK WAS POTENTIALLY COMPROMISED. THEY SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM BECAUSE OF IT. AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SITUATION WAS MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS INVESTIGATORS WILL BE ON HAND TODAY AND THEY WILL ADVISE THE DISTRICT ON HOW TO HANDLE IT.
A VIETNAM WAR VETERAN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SERVICE DURING A MILITARY MESS NIGHT EVENT HELD AT THE CITY CLUB IN RIVER RANCH. U-S MARINE LANCE CORPORAL LANE “FRENCHIE” BOUDREAUX WAS HONORED FOR A SPECIFIC ACT OF BRAVERY. IN MARCH OF NINETEEN-SIXTY-NINE, BOUDREAUX AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS UNIT RECOVERED THE BODY OF A FALLEN SOLDIER WHILE UNDER HEAVY ENEMY ATTACK. BOUDREAUX SAYS THIS EVENT YESTERDAY WAS A CONTRAST TO THE WAY SOLDIERS WERE TREATED AT THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE NOT WELCOMED HOME.
A GROUNDBREAKING WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR A NEW PAVILION AT THE AVENUE OF FLAGS AT ORANGE GROVE CEMETARY IN LAKE CHARLES. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS. ORGANIZER TED HARLESS SAYS THE GROUP HAS WANTED A PERMANENT PLACE FOR VISITORS TO ESCAPE FROM THE HEAT WHILE EXPERIENCING THE AVENUE OF FLAGS AND ITS SERVICES. THE NEW PAVILION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE BY NEXT YEAR’S MEMORIAL SERVICE.
LOUISIANA RESIDENTS DONATED OVER SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MILITARY FAMILIES THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES. WHEN RECEIVING THEIR DRIVER’S LICENSE, SIXTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO RESIDENTS ELECTED TO CONTRIBUTE ONE DOLLAR TO THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE FUND. THE FUND HELPS PAY FOR HOUSING, UTILITIES ANDD SOME MEDICAL SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES. O-M-V COMMISSIONER KEITH NEAL CALLED EACH DONATION A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED.
A VIETNAM VETERAN IS ASKING OTHERS TO JOIN HIM IN CARING FOR THE SAINT MATTHEW CEMETARY IN NEW IBERIA. REVEREND HAROLD ANTOINE, WHO IS IN HIS SEVENTIES, SAYS HE VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO CLEAR THE GROUNDS. HE HAS FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED AT THE CEMETARY, BUT HE DOESN’T LIMIT HIMSELF TO JUST THOSE GRAVES. ANTOINE SAYS GOD GIVES HIM THE STRENGTH TO DO THE WORK AND THE REWARD IS SEEING THE GRAVES CARED FOR.
TWO VETERANS FROM ABBEVILLE WERE HONORED YESTERDAY AT MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. DONALD RAY SHELVIN SENIOR AND MARION BESSARD JUNIOR IN NINETEEN SEVENTY-THREE BECAME THE FIRST TWO BLACK MEN IN VERMILLION PARISH TO ENLIST IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. THEIR DECISION INSPIRED THEIR YOUNGER BROTHERS AND OTHERS TO ENLIST. MAYOR ANITA LEVY ISSUED A PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR MILESTONE AND THE PATH SHELVIN AND BESSARD HELPED OPEN FOR THOSSE WHO FOLLOW.
A NORTH DAKOTA COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF ABUSING AND STALKING AN ELDERLY MAN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
VOICER C :20
JEFF DAVIS PARISH HAS LIFTED ITS BURN BAN. HOWEVER, IT REMAINS IN PLACE FOR ACADIA, ALLEN, SAINT LANDRY, CALCASIEU, BEAUREGARD AND CAMERON PARISHES. OUTDOOR BURNING IS PROHIBITED IN THE AFFECTED PARISHES, WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR PRESCRIBED AGRICULTURAL BURNS. FIRE OFFICIALS REMIND RESIDENTS TO BE CAREFUL DOING ANYTHING THAT COULD CAUSE A SPARK.
